For God loved the world so much that he gave his only Son, so that everyone who believes in him may not die but have eternal life.

Whoever believes in the Son has eternal life; whoever disobeys the Son will not have life, but will remain under God's punishment.

You study the Scriptures, because you think that in them you will find eternal life. And these very Scriptures speak about me!

Yet you are not willing to come to me in order to have life.

Do not work for food that spoils; instead, work for the food that lasts for eternal life. This is the food which the Son of Man will give you, because God, the Father, has put his mark of approval on him."

For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day."

I am telling you the truth: he who believes has eternal life.

Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words that give eternal life.

Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. Those who believe in me will live, even though they die;

For you gave him authority over all people, so that he might give eternal life to all those you gave him.

So then, just as sin ruled by means of death, so also God's grace rules by means of righteousness, leading us to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

For sin pays its wage---death; but God's free gift is eternal life in union with Christ Jesus our Lord.

but God was merciful to me in order that Christ Jesus might show his full patience in dealing with me, the worst of sinners, as an example for all those who would later believe in him and receive eternal life.

And this is what Christ himself promised to give us---eternal life.

I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have eternal life---you that believe in the Son of God.

He hears us whenever we ask him; and since we know this is true, we know also that he gives us what we ask from him.

All wrongdoing is sin, but there is sin which does not lead to death.

We know that we belong to God even though the whole world is under the rule of the Evil One.

and keep yourselves in the love of God, as you wait for our Lord Jesus Christ in his mercy to give you eternal life.

so that everyone who believes in him may have eternal life.

but those who drink the water that I will give them will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give them will become in them a spring which will provide them with life-giving water and give them eternal life."

"I am telling you the truth: those who hear my words and believe in him who sent me have eternal life. They will not be judged, but have already passed from death to life.

Everyone whom my Father gives me will come to me. I will never turn away anyone who comes to me,

And it is the will of him who sent me that I should not lose any of all those he has given me, but that I should raise them all to life on the last day.

For what my Father wants is that all who see the Son and believe in him should have eternal life. And I will raise them to life on the last day."

In a little while the world will see me no more, but you will see me; and because I live, you also will live.

While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost---so that the scripture might come true.

(He said this so that what he had said might come true: "Father, I have not lost even one of those you gave me.")

"He protects the lives of his faithful people, but the wicked disappear in darkness; a man does not triumph by his own strength.

Those who claim to be respectable are more and more convinced they are right.

for the LORD loves what is right and does not abandon his faithful people. He protects them forever, but the descendants of the wicked will be driven out.

But for those who honor the LORD, his love lasts forever, and his goodness endures for all generations

of those who are true to his covenant and who faithfully obey his commands.

Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which can never be shaken, never be moved.

As the mountains surround Jerusalem, so the LORD surrounds his people, now and forever.

The road the righteous travel is like the sunrise, getting brighter and brighter until daylight has come.

No matter how often honest people fall, they always get up again; but disaster destroys the wicked.

But Israel is saved by the LORD, and her victory lasts forever; her people will never be disgraced.' "

But no weapon will be able to hurt you; you will have an answer for all who accuse you. I will defend my servants and give them victory." The LORD has spoken.

"Listen now, my people, and come to me; come to me, and you will have life! I will make a lasting covenant with you and give you the blessings I promised to David.

I appeared to them from far away. People of Israel, I have always loved you, so I continue to show you my constant love.

None of them will have to teach a neighbor to know the LORD, because all will know me, from the least to the greatest. I will forgive their sins and I will no longer remember their wrongs. I, the LORD, have spoken."

I will make an eternal covenant with them. I will never stop doing good things for them, and I will make them fear me with all their heart, so that they will never turn away from me.

For false Messiahs and false prophets will appear. They will perform miracles and wonders in order to deceive even God's chosen people, if possible.

He has brought us by faith into this experience of God's grace, in which we now live. And so we boast of the hope we have of sharing God's glory!

By his blood we are now put right with God; how much more, then, will we be saved by him from God's anger!

It is true that through the sin of one man death began to rule because of that one man. But how much greater is the result of what was done by the one man, Jesus Christ! All who receive God's abundant grace and are freely put right with him will rule in life through Christ.

There is no condemnation now for those who live in union with Christ Jesus.

Those whom God had already chosen he also set apart to become like his Son, so that the Son would be the first among many believers.

Who will accuse God's chosen people? God himself declares them not guilty!

Who, then, can separate us from the love of Christ? Can trouble do it, or hardship or persecution or hunger or poverty or danger or death?

No, in all these things we have complete victory through him who loved us!

neither the world above nor the world below---there is nothing in all creation that will ever be able to separate us from the love of God which is ours through Christ Jesus our Lord.

And so I am sure that God, who began this good work in you, will carry it on until it is finished on the Day of Christ Jesus.

For you have died, and your life is hidden with Christ in God.

Your real life is Christ and when he appears, then you too will appear with him and share his glory!

We must thank God at all times for you, friends, you whom the Lord loves. For God chose you as the first to be saved by the Spirit's power to make you his holy people and by your faith in the truth.

They are for you, who through faith are kept safe by God's power for the salvation which is ready to be revealed at the end of time.

And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives forever to plead with God for them.

These people really did not belong to our fellowship, and that is why they left us; if they had belonged to our fellowship, they would have stayed with us. But they left so that it might be clear that none of them really belonged to us.

I am writing this to you so that you may know that you have eternal life---you that believe in the Son of God.

We know that no children of God keep on sinning, for the Son of God keeps them safe, and the Evil One cannot harm them.

From Jude, servant of Jesus Christ, and brother of James--- To those who have been called by God, who live in the love of God the Father and the protection of Jesus Christ:

To him who is able to keep you from falling and to bring you faultless and joyful before his glorious presence---

And now I am coming to you; I am no longer in the world, but they are in the world. Holy Father! Keep them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me, so that they may be one just as you and I are one.

While I was with them, I kept them safe by the power of your name, the name you gave me. I protected them, and not one of them was lost, except the man who was bound to be lost---so that the scripture might come true.

The LORD loves his people and protects those who belong to him. So we bow at his feet and obey his commands.

I place myself in your care. You will save me, LORD; you are a faithful God.

"Simon, Simon! Listen! Satan has received permission to test all of you, to separate the good from the bad, as a farmer separates the wheat from the chaff.

But I have prayed for you, Simon, that your faith will not fail. And when you turn back to me, you must strengthen your brothers."

Jesus cried out in a loud voice, "Father! In your hands I place my spirit!" He said this and died.

They kept on stoning Stephen as he called out to the Lord, "Lord Jesus, receive my spirit!"

and it is for this reason that I suffer these things. But I am still full of confidence, because I know whom I have trusted, and I am sure that he is able to keep safe until that Day what he has entrusted to me.

And so he is able, now and always, to save those who come to God through him, because he lives forever to plead with God for them.